Pink, Elizabeth (Kane) 1891-1978

PINK, KANE, KLING, MCCURIN

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 5/10/2005 at 21:34:10

Newton (IA) Daily News August 17, 1978
Elizabeth Pink Dies Wednesday; Rites Saturday

Pink, Elizabeth (Kane)

Mrs. Andrew J. (Elizabeth G.) Pink, 86, of 803 S. 5th Ave E., a lifelong resident of Jasper County, died Wednesday evening at the Skiff Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Father Joseph B. Denning, pastor of the church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Sugar Grove Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the Wallace Funeral Home. Memorial contributions to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Memorial Fund will be accepted.

Survivors are two sons, Paul Pink, of Greeley, Colo. And William C. Pink of Hampton, a daughter, Mrs. Don (Eleanor) Kling of Newton, 23 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Andrew in 1945; a son, Clifford in 1959 and a sister.

Mrs. Pink, who was named and honorary member of the Jasper County 4-H Clubs for her many years of service as a 4-H leader, was a member of the Sacred heart Catholic Church, Sugar Grove Grange and Sugar Grove Ladies Club.

The daughter of William and Nell McCurin Kane, she was born Oct. 18, 1891 in Valeria, attended Jasper County schools and was graduated from Mount St. Clair Academy in Clinton. She taught rural schools for eight years. She was married Jan. 16, 1917.

Originally submitted on Sun Apr 14 07:35:40 2002